Feed-bag.



PATENT-ED FEB. 25, 19.08, H. w. MORRIS.

FEED BAG. APPLIOATIONQEE'ILED AUG. 22; 1907.

INVENTORY I 25 1 freely, but

S ATNT HERBERT W. MORRIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FEED-BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed August 22 1907-Serial No. 339.610-

Patented Feb. 25, 190.8.

.York, have invented certain new and usefulrovements in Feed-Baga ofwhich the owing is a full, clear, and exact specification'c -Myinvention relates to improvements in portable feed holders orreceptacles adapted to beattached to the heads of horses and otheranimals, and the same has for its object more particularly to provide-asimple,

eficient and inexpensive feed bag which may bereadi'ly attached to ahorse's head and enable the horse to obtain all the feed disposedtherein without being obliged to toss the bag about. I

Further, said invention has for its ob'ect toprovide a-ieed bag composedof a plurality of sections appro riately secured together and providedwit 1' air vents which are so arranged as to permit air to enter the bagprevent the feed dropping out of Further, said invention has for itsobject to provide a feed' bag which will not permit the feed to d-ro outof the same when the horse, raises his eadf I Tothe attainment of theaforesaid objects and ends my invention consists in the novel details ofconstruction, and in the combination, connection and arrangement ofparts hereinafter more fully descrlbed, and then pointed out in theclaims.

In the accom anying drawings forming part of this spec cation whereinlike numerals of reIerence indicate like arts, Figure 1 40 is asectional view taken on t e line 1-1 of Fig. 2,sho wing one form of afeed bag made according to, and embodying my said invention, and Fig. 2is a top view of a complete bail '45 said drawings 10 designates the bagas a whole comprising an outer bag 11 having slightly tapered sidesprovided with three 'rows of apertures ,12, 12 12?, arranged one 1 abovethe other; the apertures ofeach row spaced equally apart and providedwith eyelets 12 The apertures of the three rows, however, are arrangedina staggered formation', 41. e. the apertures of one row being placedopposite a pointmidway of the d18- tance between two apertures in eachof the adjacent rows.

- the horses aw.

1 3 denotes an inner ba or tubular section which is made smaller thanthe outer bag, and has its sides more taered than the outer bag. Theupper edge of said inner bag 13 is secured to the upper edge of the'oult'ergbag and maintained properly separated there-,-

from by means of studs 14, 14 and rivets 15, 15 extending through saidstuds, and,the,inner and, outer bags. The bottom of theinner bag 13 isopen and arranged a shortdistance above the bottom of said outer bag.The inner bag 13 is also provided with three rows of apertures 16, 16 16arranged in the same manner as the outer bag, and provided with eyelets16 The inner bag is so arranged relatively to;

the outer bag that the rows ofapertures therein shall be in thesamehorizontal planes with the corresponding rows of a ertures. in theouter bag, and the individua apertures in each row of the inner baglocated intermediate the apertures in the outer bag. However, the sizeofv the eyelets 16, 16 16 in the inner bag, and also the'eyelets 12,1-2, 12 in the outer bag, as shown in the accomsize of the bag.

apertures are relatively small in. order to prevent any material amountof thegrain passing through the same in either the inner or outer bag.

17 denotes a crescent-shaped retaining section -or flap which is securedalon outer edge to the inner upper edge 0 the inner bag 13, and 18denotes a'rope or band its panying drawing, is out of proporpion tothe IIn actual construction and a as proportioned in a full sized feed bagthese having its ends secured to eyes 19, 19 arranged upon twooppositely located rivets The operation of the bag is as follows: Thefeedis disposed in the inner bag 13, and the entire bag then fastened tothe horses head, with the crescent-sha ed fla 17 under Air will be amitted to the interior of the bag thr h the space between the inner andouter and the apertures 12, 12 12 16, 16, therein;

Any feed which may ass through the apertures 12, 12 12 in t e inner bag,owing to the shaking or tossing of the bag by the horse, will at oncefall between the inner and outer bags to bottom of the outer bag andbecome again accessible to the horse..-

Should the horse throw up its head'the feed in the inner bag will berestrained and prevented l'rom falling out by the crescentshaped flapclosely'a ainst the underside of the horsesat its case,

,ered the 17 the inner edge of which bears 2 A feed bag comprising a baghaving a head, an

'plurality of circumferential rows of apertures therein, an innertubular section supported at its upper edge along the upper edge of saidbag at a distance therefrom, and provided with aplurality ofcircumferential r'ow's of apertures, substantially as specified.

' 3.XA feed bag comprising a ba having a plurality of circumferentialrows 0 apertures therein, and a series of studs upon its inner surfacealong its up er edge, a tapered, tubular section of sma 'er diameterthan said bag secured along'its upper edge to the studs on ,saidbagfandprovided with a plurality of circumferential a ertures arranged in the"same horizontal p anewiththe rows of aper-. tures in said bag"; theapertures in said tubular section being arranged intermediate theapertures in'said bag, substantially 'as speci-v e i 4.-A"feed bagcomprising an outer bag haying apertures therein, a tubular, aper turedsection secured along its u per edge to the upper edge'of said bag, an aretaining section secured to said tubular section along se ate a portionof its upper edge, substantially as specified.

5. A fe'edbag com risin apertures in the 4 tion of smaller outline thansaid bag secured thereto along its upper-edge and provided withapertures in its side, and acrescentshapedretaining section securedalong one of its edges to the u per edge of said section, substantia lyas specified.

6. A feed bag'comprismg'a bag h ying a' plurality of circumferentialrows 0 apertures therein, an inner tubularsection-supported at its upperedge along the upper edge of said bagat a distance inwardly therefrom,and provided with a plurality of circumferential rows of apertures andaretaining section secured tosaid inner tubular section along a portionof its upper edge,-

substantially, as specified.

tures therein, and a series of studs upon its inner surface along its uper edge, a tapered, tubular section of smaller outline than said bagsecured on said bag and provided With a'plurality of circumferentialrows of apertures, and a crescent-shaped retaining section secured at abag having side tiereo a tubular sec tubular A feed bag: comprising abag having a plurality of circumferential rows of 841381? at its upperedges to the studs one of its edges to said inner tubular section alonga portion: of its upper edge, substantiallyas specified. I, I

Signed at the city of New York in the county and State of New York, thissixteenth day of August, 1907. v

' HERBERT W. MORRIS. Witnesses:

GoNRAnA. DIETERICH, Louis B. HAsBnoUcK.

